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2026

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Chemistry

D-Index
118
Citations
74897
World Ranking
527
National Ranking
87

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in China Leader Award
  • 2019 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2019 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2009 - ACM Senior Member

Overview

Jun Li is affiliated with Tsinghua University in China and specializes in Materials Science with a substantial body of work in related subfields. Their research spans Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Catalysis, Organic Chemistry, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The primary topics covered in their work include:

  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction
  • Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions
  • Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions
  • Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications

Their frequent co-authors are:

  • Han-Shi Hu
  • Cong-Qiao Xu
  • Yang-Gang Wang
  • Hai Xiao
  • Xue-Lian Jiang

Jun Li has contributed publications to leading venues in the field, including:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie

Recently published papers by Jun Li include:

  • Iridium single-atom catalyst on nitrogen-doped carbon for formic acid oxidation synthesized using a general host-guest strategy, 2020, Nature Chemistry
  • Theoretical Understandings of Graphene-based Metal Single-Atom Catalysts: Stability and Catalytic Performance, 2020, Chemical Reviews
  • Ultrahigh-Loading of Ir Single Atoms on NiO Matrix to Dramatically Enhance Oxygen Evolution Reaction, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Scalable two-step annealing method for preparing ultra-high-density single-atom catalyst libraries, 2021, Nature Nanotechnology
  • Molecular engineering of dispersed nickel phthalocyanines on carbon nanotubes for selective CO2 reduction, 2020, Nature Energy

Awards received by Jun Li include:

  • Fellow, National Academy of Inventors, 2019
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2019
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2010
  • ACM Senior Member, 2009

Best Publications

  • Single-atom catalysis of CO oxidation using Pt1/FeOx

    Botao Qiao;Aiqin Wang;Xiaofeng Yang;Lawrence F. Allard

  • Single-atom catalysts: a new frontier in heterogeneous catalysis.

    Xiao Feng Yang;Aiqin Wang;Botao Qiao;Jun Li

  • Heterogeneous single-atom catalysis

    Aiqin Wang;Jun Li;Tao Zhang;Tao Zhang

  • Au20: A Tetrahedral Cluster

    Jun Li;Xi Li;Xi Li;Hua-Jin Zhai;Hua-Jin Zhai;Lai-Sheng Wang;Lai-Sheng Wang

  • Design of Single-Atom Co–N5 Catalytic Site: A Robust Electrocatalyst for CO2 Reduction with Nearly 100% CO Selectivity and Remarkable Stability

    Yuan Pan;Rui Lin;Yinjuan Chen;Yinjuan Chen;Shoujie Liu;Shoujie Liu

  • Direct observation of noble metal nanoparticles transforming to thermally stable single atoms.

    Shengjie Wei;Ang Li;Jin-Cheng Liu;Zhi Li

  • Observation of an all-boron fullerene.

    Hua-Jin Zhai;Ya-Fan Zhao;Wei-Li Li;Qiang Chen

  • Remarkable Performance of Ir1/FeOx Single-Atom Catalyst in Water Gas Shift Reaction

    Jian Lin;Aiqin Wang;Botao Qiao;Xiaoyan Liu

  • Hydrocarbon analogues of boron clusters--planarity, aromaticity and antiaromaticity.

    Hua-Jin Zhai;Hua-Jin Zhai;Boggavarapu Kiran;Boggavarapu Kiran;Jun Li;Lai-Sheng Wang;Lai-Sheng Wang

  • Planar hexagonal B 36 as a potential basis for extended single-atom layer boron sheets

    Zachary A. Piazza;Han-Shi Hu;Wei-Li Li;Ya-Fan Zhao

  • Copper atom-pair catalyst anchored on alloy nanowires for selective and efficient electrochemical reduction of CO 2

    Jiqing Jiao;Jiqing Jiao;Rui Lin;Shoujie Liu;Weng Chon Cheong

  • Immobilizing Metal Nanoparticles to Metal–Organic Frameworks with Size and Location Control for Optimizing Catalytic Performance

    Qi-Long Zhu;Jun Li;Jun Li;Qiang Xu;Qiang Xu

  • Tuning defects in oxides at room temperature by lithium reduction.

    Gang Ou;Yushuai Xu;Bo Wen;Rui Lin

  • Fe Isolated Single Atoms on S, N Codoped Carbon by Copolymer Pyrolysis Strategy for Highly Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction

    Qiheng Li;Wenxing Chen;Hai Xiao;Yue Gong

  • Iridium single-atom catalyst on nitrogen-doped carbon for formic acid oxidation synthesized using a general host-guest strategy.

    Zhi Li;Yuanjun Chen;Shufang Ji;Yan Tang

  • Theoretical Understandings of Graphene-based Metal Single-Atom Catalysts: Stability and Catalytic Performance.

    Hong-Ying Zhuo;Hong-Ying Zhuo;Xin Zhang;Jin-Xia Liang;Qi Yu

  • Scalable two-step annealing method for preparing ultra-high-density single-atom catalyst libraries

    Xiao Hai;Shibo Xi;Sharon Mitchell;Karim Harrath;Karim Harrath

  • Heterogeneous Fe 3 single-cluster catalyst for ammonia synthesis via an associative mechanism

    Jin-Cheng Liu;Xue-Lu Ma;Yong Li;Yang-Gang Wang

  • Ultrahigh-Loading of Ir Single Atoms on NiO Matrix to Dramatically Enhance Oxygen Evolution Reaction.

    Qi Wang;Xiang Huang;Zhi Liang Zhao;Maoyu Wang

  • Non defect-stabilized thermally stable single-atom catalyst

    Rui Lang;Wei Xi;Jin-Cheng Liu;Yi-Tao Cui

  • Large Molecular Third-Order Optical Nonlinearities in Polarized Carotenoids

    Seth R. Marder;William E. Torruellas;Mirelle Blanchard-Desce;Vincent Ricci

  • Ultrathin rhodium nanosheets

    Haohong Duan;Ning Yan;Rong Yu;Chun-Ran Chang

Frequent Co-Authors

Lai-Sheng Wang
Lai-Sheng Wang Brown University
Hua-Jin Zhai
Hua-Jin Zhai Shanxi University
Lester Andrews
Lester Andrews University of Virginia
Xi Li
Xi Li Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
Bruce E. Bursten
Bruce E. Bursten University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Tao Zhang
Tao Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yadong Li
Yadong Li Tsinghua University
Yang-Gang Wang
Yang-Gang Wang Southern University of Science and Technology
Mingfei Zhou
Mingfei Zhou Fudan University
Botao Qiao
Botao Qiao Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics

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